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$PEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,392, dated December29, 1903.

Application filed geptemher 18, 1903. Serial No.173,653. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH L. MANNING, a

citizen of the United States, residing at the stages of its production,a sheet of dough being first moved oversaid holding device and havingthe lower crust out therefrom and pressed onto the plate to receive therequired quantity of fruit or other matter fed onto the lower crustwhile in the holding'device and the sheet of dough again moved forwardand a previously inarked upper crust out therefrom and pressed intoengagement with the edges of the lower crust, when the pie is thenremoved from the holding device and also fromthe machine; and in suchconnection my invention relates to the general construction andarrangement of such a machine for the said uses or purposes.

The principal objects of my invention are, first, to provide a machinefor preparing complete a pie containingupper and lower crusts withinterposed raw or other materials between said crusts ready for baking;second, to provide a machine of the character described with means forholding the pie during the successive necessary manipulations to formthe same into the article required ready for baking; third, to provide amachine of the character describedwith means for feeding plates to thedevice for holding during the various manipulations of the materials toconstitute the completed'pie; fourth, to provide a machine of thecharacter described with meansfor continuously rolling a sheet of doughand intermittently feeding the sheet to the device for holding thematerials to constitute the pie during the diiferent manipulationsnecessary in the production of the com-plete pie ready for baking;fifth, to provide means for cutting the crust for the formed pie andpressing the same to place to constitute the completed pie after beingfilled; sixth, to provide means for feed.-

ing a predetermined quantity of fruit or other matter onto the lowercrust held in the holding device of the machine; seventh, to provide amachine of the character described with means for marking the uppercrust of the formed pie with suitable characters, and, eighth, toprovide a machine of the character described with means for removing thecompleted pie ready for baking from the machine.

The nature and scope of my present invention will be more fullyunderstood from the following description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a topor plan view of a machine embodying main features of my invention. Fig.2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1,illustrating the means for rolling the sheet of dough, for feeding thesheet of dough, and for returning the scrap-dough to the dough platformor receptacle. Fig. 4is a view, partly in elevation and partly insection, showing the driving mechanism of the machine. Fig. 5 is atransverse sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is aview, partly in elevation and partly in section, somewhat similar toFig. 2, but showing the parts of the machine in the positions assumedjust prior .to the operation. of cutting the lower crust.

Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively views of details of certain mechanisms ofthe machine. Fig.

9 is a sectional view taken on the line 9 9 of Fig. 6. Figs. 10 and 11are sectional views enlarged, illustrating in detail, respectively,certain of the means for pressing the lower and upper crusts of theformed pie to place. Fig. 12 is a sectionalview through the filler orfruit-reservoir and fruit or filler device. Fig. 13 is a detail view ofthe marking device. Fig. 14 is an underneath plan view-of a removablemarker used in the machine. Figs. 15, 16, and 17 are detail .views ofmechanisms of the machine for the performance of certain operations inthe machine. Figs. 18 and 19 are respectively elevation and plan views,enlarged, of a device employed in the mechanism for feeding the platesin the machine; and Figs. 20 and 21 are sectional views illustrating themeans for removing the completed pie from the holding deviceand from themachine.

In the drawings has been shown along the left-hand side of the machine abroken line. It is to be understood from this broken line that in thepreferred form of construction of the machine there are two machinesbuilt in one, in which one is a duplicate of the other; but forconvenience of illustration and to enable the drawings to be made on alarger scale but one-half of this double machine only has beenillustrated.

Referring now to the drawings, the machine has arranged on thedriving-shaft a the ordinary fast and loose pulleys a a Secured to thedriving-shaft a is a gear-wheel a which meshes with and drives a gear band through which gear b the various mechanisms of the machine aredriven. Extending from either side of the gear-Wheel b are extensions bb and b b of certain of the teeth of the gearwheel b. The extensions b bon the inner side of the gear I) are arranged to mesh with and drive atproper intervals a gear 19 and said gear through the train of gears band b driving the gear b mounted on the shaft 5 of a roller Z9 Passingaround the roller Z9 and across the machine is a belt or apron O,composed of strips 0, c, and 0 this apron serving to feed the sheet ofdough across the machine, as will presently be more fully explained.vMeshing with the gear b is an idlergear b serving to operate the gearsb and I9 and to drive the scrap-dough-retnrningdevice, in a manner to bepresently more fully described. Meshing with the central or continuousportion of the gear bis a gear d, serving to drive through theintervention of the gears d d 61 d a pair of gears d and (1 mounted,respectively, on the shafts d and d of the rolls d and 01 These rolls dand d are arranged at the edge of an inclined platform d, upon which isplaced the dough for forming the crusts of the pie to be produced. It isnecessary that the rolls d and d for rolling the crust be drivencontinuously, and as the sheet of dough is fed intermittently it will beapparent that the gearing for driving the rolls d and al must be sorelated to the gearing for driving the apron O that the total peripheralspeed of the rolls (1 and (Z must correspond to the total amount ofadvance of the apron O. The gears shown in Fig. 4 are therefore designedwith this end in view and to accomplish the results in the operation ofthe machine. When the extensions b and b of the gear I) are not inengagement with the gear b and the sheet of dough is therefore not beingfed across the machine, then the extension 12 or b of the gear 22engages and drives the gearf, mounted on the shaft f, arrangedtransversely in the lower part of the machine. The shaft f carries abevel-gear f meshing with a bevelgear f which serves to drive thevertical shaft g, carrying the various instrumentalities and mechanismsnecessary to complete the pie for removal from the machine ready forbaking.

Arranged above the shaftf is the device H for holding the pie beingformed during successive manipulations necessary to complete same. Theapron O for carrying the sheet of dough to the holding device H is, ashereinbefore described, made up of strips 0, c, and c and of thesestrips 0 and 0 pass beyond the holding device H and over the roller 0and then return to the driving-roller b while the strip 0, of about thewidth of the holding device H, passes over a roller 0 placed just beforethe holding device H, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 9. This arrangementpermits of the cutting of the crusts from the sheet of dough and at thesame time allows the scrap-dough to be conveyed away from the holdingdevice H and at the proper time of the presentation of a fresh portionof the sheet of dough for cutting out of another crust from the same. Toreturn the scrapdough to the dough-platform d, the following preferredmechanism (illustrated in Fig. 3) is employed: Adjacent to the roller 0over which the strips 0 and c of the apron 0 passes before returning tothe drivingroller b, is placed a loosely'mounted roller 0 which servesto deflect the sheet of scrapdough downward into a box 0 at the bottomof which is arranged, preferably, three loosely-mounted rollers 0 c and0 The rollers c and c are arranged at the sides of the bottom of the box0 and over each of said rollers passes one of the endless belts oraprons 0 0 These belts or aprons meet at the center of the bottom of thebox 0 and pass over the roller 0 so as to grip the scrapdough betweenthe bolts 0 o and convey the same to the dough-platform d. After passingover the roller 0 the belts a pass along the lower part of the machine,confined at their edges by suitable walls 0 and then pass around theroller 0 then travel in an inclined upward direction to the respectivedriving-rollers 0 0 located adjacent to the dough-platform d, where saidbelts 0 0 diverge and deliver the scrap-dough to the platform d, to beagain rolled into a fresh sheet of dough. After passing over thedriving-rollers c 0 the belts 0 return to the rollers c c at the otherend of the machine, being suitably guided in their return by rollers eplaced at proper points. The drivingrollers 0 0 are mounted on shafts c0 carrying at their respective ends the hereinbefore-described gears 19Z7 driven by the extensions b and b of the gear-wheel I) through theintervention of the gears 19 and I), as shown in Fig. 4. The belts 0 0will therefore only be driven while the sheet of uncut dough is beingfed across the machine.

The device H for holding the materials with their filler to become a pieduring the differ- V ent manipulations necessary to form the pieconsists, essentially, of a stationary block h and a vertically-movableblock W, arranged adjacent to each other and having their contiguousfaces cut away to form a cylindrical pie.

opening in which is arranged a sheet-metal annulus 72?, having a rangeof vertical movement therein and within which is a vertically movablebottom h The movable blocks h, sheet-metal annulus hhand movable bottomb are each required during the production of a pie to assume variouspositions with relation to each other under the influence, respectively,of the cams 71, 71, and it, carried by the shaft f, arrangedtransversely in the machine. The movable block h has extending from thelower portion thereof a framework 71", carrying a roller 72 resting onthe cam h. The sheet-metal annulus h is carried by a substantial bottompiece 71 said bottom piece being carried by a sleeve h guided in asuitable bracket h, and carrrying at its lower end a roller h resting onthe cam 71. The movable bottom h is supported by a column 71 arrangedwithin the sleeve 71 and carries at its lower end a roller h, resting onthe cam 'hi Referring now more particularly to Fig. 2, the shaft f,arranged transversely in the lower part of the machine, carries, ashereinbefore explained, a bevel-gear f which meshes with a bevel-gear fserving to rotate the vertical shaft g, which carries the various toolsand devices necessary to form the The hevel-gearj'" is secured 'to asleeve g, surrounding the shaft g, and within which sleeve the shaft 9is permitted to move vertically for a purpose to be presently more fullyexplained. This sleeve g is supported in suitable bearings 7?, carriedby an exten' sion t" of the framed of the machine. Secured to the upperend of the sleeve g is a collar g surrounding a bushing g secured to thevertical shaft g. The collar 9 has cut therein a vertical slot g throughwhich passes a pin g screwed into the bushing 9 and shaft g. Thisarrangement permits of the shaft 9 being afforded a slight verticalmovement and to rotate with the sleeve g.

Loosely mounted on the shaft g and resting upon the bushing g is asleeve 9 carrying at its upper end a device J for carrying the varioustools and appliances necessary to form the pie. The device J comprises asleeve j, surrounding the sleeve g, and having projections and radialarms to which the said tools and appliances are secured, as illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2. To the lower end of the sleeve g is secured a disk 9having arranged on its periphery radial projections 9 g ,and 9 for apurpose to be presently more fully explained. Depending from the lowerface of the disk 9 is a projecting bolt g, adapted under the tension ofa spring g to rotate the sleeve g and the various devices carriedthereby with the shaft g, upon which the sleeve 9 is loosely mounted,yet permitting of the rotation of the sleeve g being arrested for ashort interval when certain of the devices carried by said sleeve arelocated over and are performing their functions in connection with theholding device H. To arrest the rotation of the sleeve 9 there isprovided a lever 75, pivoted, as at It, the upper end of which isadapted to be swung into the path of the projections g g and g at theproper times by the cam projections k 10 and 16* upon the face of a diskwhich is mounted on the transverse shaft f. The lever 10 is held inengagement with the face of the disk 10 by means of a spring 10 whichspring causes the upper end of the lever k to swing out of the path ofthe projections 9 and 9 after the respective devices controlled by theseprojections have performed their functions. After the projections g gand g have been released from engagement with the lever 70 the spring 9will cause the sleeve g to rotate faster than the shaft 9 to regain therelative positions of said sleeve and shaft; but the sleeve g isprevented from rotating to a position in advance of its proper positionwith respect to the shaft 9 by making the pin g projecting from theshaft g, of sufficient length to lie in thepath of rotation of the boltg, depending from the lower face of the disk 9 secured to the lower endof the sleeve g.

To feed the plates to the device for holding the pie during the variousstages of production, there is provided the following mechanism: Thesleevej of the device J has lugs j andj projecting therefrom. Theselugsj and j carry a chute-j which flares at the top and curves from thesleeve 3' at the bottom. At the proper time during the rotation of thedevice J the chute j will form a continua: tion of a stationary chute j,secured to the framework of the machine. Located above the stationarychute 7' is a cylindrical receptaclej serving as a reservoir for theempty plates and having at the lower end thereof means for feeding theplates singly and at the proper time, comprising a circular plate j,split radially, as at 7' and having its edge bent into helical shape, asillustrated in Figs. 18 and 19. This plate 3' is mounted on a shaft j",having a gearj secured to the other end thereof. This gear j meshes withan idler-gear j, which in turn meshes with a gear j amounted on theupper end of the shaft g. When the shaft 9 rotates, the plate 3' willthereforerotate in unison with it, and at the moment when the chutej islocated beneath the pie-plate receptacle 7' the split portion 3' of thehelical edge of the platej will release a pie-plate from the receptaclejbut will engage the next succeeding plate and prevent the same fromfalling. The stationary chute 3 has its lower end made so as to projectbetween the strip 0 of the apron G, and when the chute 3' registers withthe chute 9' and the receptacle j and a plate is about to be releasedthe cams h, M, and It will permit the block h, sheet-metal annulus W,and movable bottom h to fall below the end of the chute 7' asillustrated in Fig. 2, so that the pie-plate when released will fallinto the sheet-metal annulus 72 and rest on the movable bottom k Themechanism for cutting the lower crust and pressing into its proper placeon the plate is as follows: Extending from the sleeve j is a radial armZ, carrying at its extremity a horizontally-disposed disk Z, having onits lower face a protruding smaller disk Z The disk Z is so arrangedthat at a certain time in the rotation of the shaft g it will be broughtover the device H, into which a plate has already been deposited andover which a fresh portion of the sheet of dough has been carried by theapron (J. The cam it will now cause the sheet-metal annulus h to riseslightly above the level of the apron O to the position shown in Fig.10. The disk Z will now descend and acting in conjunction with thesheet-metal annulus it will cut a circular crust from the sheet of doughand press the same onto the pie-plate y, resting on the movable bottomit as illustrated in Fig. 10. As hereinbefore described, the sleeve 9carrying the device J, rests upon the bushing 9 secured to the shaft g,and it is therefore evident that when the shaft 9 rises or falls thedevice J and the various appliances carried by the same will rise andfall with the shaft g. To cause the disk Z to descend to cut the lowercrust, there is therefore provided at the lower end of the shaft 9 a camZ mounted on the shaftf and having portions cut away, as at Z and Z toallow the device J to descend during the cutting, respectively, of thelower and upper crusts.

The mechanism for cutting the upper crust is similar to that for cuttingthe lower crust. Extending from the sleeve j is a radial arm m, carryingat its extremity a disk 'm, having its lower face of the desired shapefor pressing the upper crust to its proper place after cutting the samefrom the sheet of dough. Extending from the sleeve j is another radialarm 72, carrying at its extremity a funnel n, so arranged as to bebrought over the device H after the lower crust has been cut and pressedonto the pie-plate and forming the means of guiding the fruit or othermatter into the lower crust from the fruit or other matter reservoir andmeasuring device. It is necessary that the disks Z and m and funnel 'nbe arrested in their rotation about the shaft 9 for a short intervalwhile performing their functions in connection with the device H, andfor this purpose the mechanism, as already described, consists of thedisk radial projections g g and on the periphery of said disk, lever is,and the means for operating said lever.

The fruit or other matter reservoir and feeding device are shown moreparticularly in Figs. 1, 2, 6, and 12. This device 0 comprises a shallowbox 0, having a slightlysloping bottom 0, draining into a channel 0running lengthwise through the box 0 and and has on its extending to apoint above the pie-holding device H, where it terminates in acylindrical chamber 0 in which is arranged the measuring and feedingblock 0 Throughout the length of the channel 0 is located a screwconveyer or agitator 0 somewhat smaller than the channel 0 mounted on ashaft 0 having at the end thereof a pulley 0 over which passes the belt0 This belt also passes over suitable idler-pulleys o and adriving-pulley 0 ,'located on the end of the shaft 0 of the roller 0 ofthe device for returning the scrap-dough to the dough-platform. As theroller 0 will only rotate while the scrap dough is being returned to thedough platform the screw conveyer will therefore only rotateintermittently. The measuring and feeding block 0 is cylindrical inshape periphery a cup-shaped opening 0 of sufficient capacity to containenough fruit or other matter for one complete pie.

This cup-shaped opening 0 communicates normally with the channel 0through an opening 0 in the bottom thereof. Through the center of theblock 0 passes a shaft 0 to which said block is secured, and at the endof the shaft 0 is fastened a pulley 0 Over the pulley 0 and fastenedthereto by suitable means, such as ascrew 0 at the proper point on theperiphery of the pulley 0 passes astrap 0 One end of the strap 0 isunder the tension of a spring 0 while the other end of said strap passesover a guide-pulley 0 and is fastened to one end of a lever 0 pivoted ona shaft 0 and carrying at its other end a roller 0 held in engagementwith a cam 0 by means of the spring 0 When the funnel n is arrested inits rotation about the shaft 9 and is located over the device H, thethrow portion of the cam 0 will cause the block 0 to be rotated aboutits axis until the cupshaped opening 0 registers with an opening 0 inthe chamber 0 whereby the contents of the cup-shaped opening 0 will bedischarged onto the lower crust of the pie through the funnel n, asillustrated in Fig. 12.

To distinguish what fruit or other matter the pie contains after it isformed and baked, it is necessary to mark the upper crust with suitablecharacters, for which purpose the following mechanism is provided: Tothe extension '5 of the frame 2' of the machine is pivoted a bell cranklever 19, upon the horizontal arm of which is removably secured thepaddle-like marking devicep', having on its under face the characters 10indicating the kind of fruit or other matter contained in the pie, aswell as any other characters the manufacturer might care to impress onthe upper crust of the pies produced in the machine. At the end of thevertical arm of the bell-crank lever p is a roller p bearing against anannular rim 10 projecting from the web of the gear I) and having a throwportion 19 as illustrated in Fig. 4, to cause the marking device p toimpress its characters upon the sheet of dough on the IIO portion fromwhich the upper crust is subsequently to be out.

To remove the finished pie from the holder H and from the machine, thefollowing mechanism is provided: Arranged to cover the box 0 into whichthe scrap-dough falls preparatory to being returned to the dough-platform, is a plate 1", having a portion along the side of the machine bentdownward, as at 7'', toward a tablet"? The edge of this plate 7'perpendicular to the bent portion 0" projects to a point contiguous tothe holding device H, as clearly shown in the drawings. the pie isfinished and is ready to be removed from the machine, the cam 7t willcause the movable bottom h of the holder H to rise to the level of theplate 0". Extending from the sleeve j of the device J is another radialarm 3, carrying at its extremity a hook-like device s, adapted when themovable bottom h is raised to push or sweep the finished pie from saidmovable bottom to the plate a", thence across the plate 1" to theinclined portion r", where the pie will slide down and be deposited ontothe table 1*, from which it can be removed by hand or in any otherpreferred manner. It will be manifestly obvious that as to the detailsof construction and arrangement of the machine modifications may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of my said invention, andhence I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to all thedetails of arrangement of the machine as hereinbefore described andillustrated; but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine of the character described, stationary means for holdingthe elements to form a pie during successive manipulations necessary tocomplete the same, means for feeding empty plates to the holding means,means for continuously rolling and intermittently feeding a sheet ofdough to said holding means, means acting in conjunction with theholding means for cutting crusts from the sheet of dough, means forfeeding a predetermined quantity of fruit or other matter to the holdingmeans, and means for removing the finished pie from the holding meansand from the machine.

2. In a machine of the character described, a stationary holder for theelements to constitute the pie, means for rolling'a sheet of dough,means for intermittently feeding said dough in the form of crusts tosaid holder and means for feeding the fruit or other filling to theholder during the intermittent feed of said dough.

3. In a machine of the character described, a device for holding theelements to constitute a pie during successive manipulations necessaryto complete the same, aplatform for holding dough, means locatedadjacent to said platform for continuously rolling a sheet of dough,means for intermittently feedingsaid When sheet of dough to the holdingdevice and means for returning the scra p-dough from the holding deviceto the dough-platform.

4:. In a machine of the character described, a holding device, a shaftlocated beneath said holding device and carrying means for operating theconstituent parts of said holding device, a shaft carrying tools andappliances for forming a pie and acting in conjunction with the holdingdevice, and means for successively presenting said tools and appliancesto said holding device.

5. In a machine of the character described, a holding device, comprisinga stationary block, a vertically-movable block having contignous facescut away to form a cylindrical opening, an annulus arranged within andvertically movable in said opening, a movable bottom arranged withinsaid annulus and means for operating said movable block, annulus andmovable bottom, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a machine of the character described, a device for holding theelements necessary to constitute a pie, a receptacle adapted to containempty pieplates, means for releasing the pie-plates singly from saidreceptacle, and means for guiding said pie-plates from said receptacleto the device for holding the elements to constitute a pie,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. In a machine of the character described,

a stationary holder for the elements to constitute the pie, combinedwith means for rolling and feeding a sheet of dough to the holder in theform of crusts, said means comprising a dough-platform, a pair ofcontinuously-driven sheeting -rolls, an apron for intermittently feedingthe sheet to the holder, and means for driving said apron so that thetotal advance of said apron corresponds with the peripheral speed of thesheeting-rolls.

8. In a machine of the character described, a device for holding theelements necessary to constitute a pie, an apron for feeding a sheet ofdough to and conveying scrap-dough away from said holding device,comprising a series of strips, whereof certain of said strips travelbeyond said holding device and whereof one travels to a point adjacentto said holding device, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a machine of the character described, adevice for holding theelements necessary to constitute a pie, an apron for feeding a sheet ofdough to and conveying scrap-dough away from said holding device,comprising a series of strips,whereof certain of said strips travelbeyond said holding device,and whereof one of said strips travels adistance at variance with the travel of the other strips, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

10. In a machine of the character described, a platform,means fordelivering dough to said platform,comprisin g a box adapted to receivethe dough, aprons arranged in said box and converging from the sides ofthe box to the center thereof to grip the dough and deliver onto saidplatform.

11. In a machine of the characterdescribed, astationarydevice forholding elements necessary to constitute a pie, means for feeding asheet of dough to said stationary holding device, means acting inconjunction with said holding device for cutting a crust from the sheetof dough and pressing onto a plate previously deposited in the holdingdevice, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

12. In a machine of the character described, a device for holding theelements necessary to constitute a pie, means adapted to contain fruitor other filling material provided with a conveyer or agitator andcommunicating with a channel in which the conveyor or agitator ismounted for feeding a predetermined quantity of fruit or other materialonto the lower crust of a pie held in the holding device of the machine,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

13. In a machine of the character described, a device for holding theconstituents necessary to constitute a pie, means adapted to containfruit or other filling material provided with a channel-way, a conveyoror agitator mounted in said channel-Way and means communicating withsaid channel-way for measuring and feeding a predetermined quantity offruit or other material onto one of the crusts of the pie to be formedheld by said holding device, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

14. In a machine of the character described,

means adapted to contain fruit or other filling material providedwith achannel Way having mounted therein a conveyer or agitator, means communicating with said channel-way for measuring and feeding apredetermined quantity of fruit or other material,and means forintermittently operating said conveyor or agitator, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

15. Inamachine of the character described, a device for holding theconstituents necessary to constitute a pie,means adapted to containfruit or other filling material, means for measuring and feeding saidfruit or other material and a movable funnel and its actuating devicesadapted to permit of the movement of said funnel into the path of saidmeasuring device to receive a predetermined quantity of said fruit orother material therefrom and permit of the passage of the same throughsaid funnel onto said holding device, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

16. Inamachineofthecharacterdescribed, a device for holding theconstituents necessary to constitute a pie, contain fruit or otherfilling material, a measuring device connected with said filling means,a movable funnel adapted to be brought into a position to register withsaid measuring device so as to permit of the dismeans adapted to adevice for holding charge of a predetermined quantity of said fruit orother material into said holding device, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

17. In a machine of the character described, a stationary device forholding the constituents necessary to constitute a pie, an apron forfeeding a sheet of dough to and conveying scrap-dough away from saidholding device, means adapted to contain fruit or other fillingmaterial, a conveyor or agitator in communication with saidfilling-material means, measuring means connected with saidfillingmaterial means and adapted to feed a predetermined quantity ofsaid filling material to said holding device, a movable funnelinterposed between said measuring means and stationary holding deviceand its actuating devices adapted to register with said measuring deviceso as to deliver a predetermined quantity of fruit or other materialonto the plate held by said holding device, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

18. In a machine of the character described, a device for holding theconstituents necessary to constitute a pie, means adapted to containfruit or other filling material, a measuring device adapted to registertherewith, means interposed between said measuring device and holdingdevice for delivering a predetermined quantity of the fruit or othermaterial into the body of a plate held by said holding device, and meansfor liberating said plate with its filling material therefrom,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

19. In a machine of the character described, a stationary device forholding the constituents necessary to constitute a pie, means fordelivering plates separately to said holding device, means for feeding asheet of dough to and conveying scrap-dough away from said device, meansadapted to convey fruit or other filling material to said holding deviceonto a plate adapted to be held thereby, means for measuring and feedinga predetermined quantity of fruit or other material onto the pie-crustof the plate held by said holding device, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

20. In a machine of the character described, a stationary device forholding the constituents necessary to constitute a pie, means forfeeding a sheet of dough to and conveying scrap-dough away from saidholding device, container means for a filler material, measuring meansincommunication with said container means and adapted to deliver saidmaterial in predetermined quantity into the holding device onto a sheetof dough on a plate held by said device, and means for releasing theplate containing said formed pie from said holder, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

21. In a machine of the character described,

the constituents neces- IIO sary to constitute a pie, said holdingdevice "provided with a movable bottom, means for raising said movablebottom beyond the sur- 22. In a machine of the character described,

a device for holding the constituents necessary to constitute a pieprovided with a removable bottom, means for raising said bottom beyondthe surface of said device, and means for sweeping a pie-plate raised bysaid bottom, therefrom, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

23. In a machine of the character described, a device for holding theconstituents necessary to constitute a pie, means for delivering platessingly thereto, said holding device provided with a movable bottomadapted to be elevated and lowered, and means for sweeping the platefrom said bottom while elevated, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

24. In a machine of the character described, a holding device for platesprovided with a movable bottom adapted to be raised and lowered, meansfor feeding a sheet of dough to and conveying scrap dough away from saidplate while so held by said bottom, means for delivering a fillermaterial to the dough pressed onto said plate and means for sweeping theplate with the formed pie from said bottom, while elevated,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

25. In a machine of the character described, a device for holding theconstituents necessary to constitute a pie provided with a bottomadapted to be raisedand lowered, means for presenting plates singly tosaid bottom, means for feeding a sheet of dough to said plate, means forpresenting in predetermined quantity a filler material onto doughpressed onto said plate, means for presenting a top crust over saidfiller material, and means for conveying the formed pie and plate fromsaid bottom, while in an elevated position, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

26. In a machine of the character described, a device for holding theconstituents necessary to constitute a pie provided with a bottomadapted to be raised and lowered, means for containing plates andadapted to be successively fed to the bottom of said holding device,means for feeding a sheet of dough to said plate and pressing the samethereon and feeding scrap-dough away therefrom, means for feeding afiller material in measured or predetermined quantity onto the bottomcrust or dough contained within said plate, means for delivering a sheetof crust over said filler material and pressing the same onto the plate,and means for liberating or sweeping said plate and pie from said bottomwhen elevated,

- plate,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

27. In a machine of the character described,

a stationary holding device provided with a bottom adapted to beintermittently elevated and lowered, a container for plates and meansadapted to deliver said plates to the bottom of said holding deviceseparately, and automatic means for liberating the formed pie on saidplate from said bottom while in its elevated position, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

28. In a machine of the character described, a stationary device forholding the constituents necessary to constitute a pie and means adaptedto successively conduct said constituents to said holding means tocomplete the pie, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

29. In a machine of the character described, a stationary device forholding the constituents necessary to constitute a pie, means adapted tosuccessively conduct said constituents to said holding means to completethe pie and means adapted to liberate the formed pie from said holdingdevice, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

30. In a machine of the characterdescribed, a stationary device forholding the constituents necessary to constitute a pie and said deviceprovided with a bottom adapted to be raised and lowered, means adaptedto conduct the difierent constituents to said holding device, andmeans'adapted to sweep the formed pie therefrom, while the bottom ofsaid holding device is in an elevated position, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

31. In a machine of the character described, a stationary holder for theelements constituting the pie, means for feeding a sheet of dough tosaid device, means cooperating with the holder for cutting the sheetinto crusts and means for marking the sheet prior to its delivery to theholder.

32. In a machine of the character described, a holder having astationary peripheral cutting edge, a bottom arranged to receiveapiemeans for raising said bottom in said holder to bring said plate inalinement with the cutting edge of the holder, means for feeding a sheetof dough to the plate in said elevated position and a plunger arrangedto bear upon the cutting edge of the holderto sever the dough.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HUGH L. MANNING.

Witnesses:

J. WALTER DOUGLASS, THOMAS M. SMITH.

